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CATARACT If you see them, they will see the world. ..

Cataract which can cause blindness if not treated is generally seen within the elderly in Turkey is also seen in the African continent. Be-sides old age, cataract in Africa is also caused by malnutrition, being under bright light for a long period of time and eye traumas as well.

Because of technical and material inconveniences, millions of cata-ract patients lose their ability to see because they can not operate and depend on others in a way.

IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation continues to support almost tens of thousands of people to hold on to life and become hope for cataract patients with the Africa Cataract Project which was put into practice in 2007. Also the project continues to strengthen the connection of brotherhood between Turkish and African people. In the upcoming period we aim to do cataract studies in different parts of the world as well as in Africa.

Cataract

253MILLION

66MILLION

people live in.

In the continent of Africa;

7,6 BILLION

population are blind.of the total

of blind people suffer from cataract.

Cataract Project in the continent of Africa,

There have been cataract surgeries since 2007.

which are Togo, Benin, Mali, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Niger, Sudan, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Somali.

By The

It has been continuing in 14countries

716.897peopleWhile 344.029peoplehad medical checkups,had examinations.

have started to see again.100.027people

In the project until today,

82 doctors, 128 nurses and medical assistantsfrom Turkey have participated.

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To Be Light ForThe WorldWe are continuing to be hope for tens of thousands of Africans with our Africa Cataract Campaign first initiated in 2007. We will continue to have hope in cataract patients in different parts of the world.

To facilitate life by treating the eyes of cataract patients suf-fering from familial diseases such as hunger, disease, poverty in the different victimized regions of the world.

To provide cataract patients an independent life rather than being dependent on others

By educating local doctors, to increase health services which would produce permanent solutions for the cure of cataract in Africa.

What are the objectives of the project?

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What is cataract?Cataract is a disease which could cause blindness if not cured and usually seen in elder people is a situation of blurry vision as a result of lensof the eye loses its clearness.

• Inadequate of healthy nutrition• Unhealthy water and hygiene conditions• Desert sand which hits the eye• Health services can not be reached because of financial problems• Right angle solar rays• Old age• Congenital Cataract • Rareness of health centers, absence of doctors and medical staff

Many people in their early ages have cataract and lose their ability of vision because of climatic factors, nutrition and hygiene problems. With the addition of absence of ophthalmologists and the inadequacy of treatment opportunities to all these, many patients are sentenced in darkness before they have surgery especially in the countryside.

What causes cataract?

Why is cataract spread in certain areas?

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Curing cataract only takes 15 minutes

Cure of cataract is surgical; there is no cure but surgery.Cataract surgery takes approximately 15 minutes.

Patient should have an emergent cataract surgery in case of patient’s vision level not being enough to supply his necessities, cataract happens because of the reasons

such as infection in the eye or elevates patient’s eye pressure.

Cataract surgery is an operation which is performed with the FAKOmethod, a modern cataract surgery, or surgical method. Operation is

much more the case of removing of the cataract and replacing it with an artificial intra ocular lens.

How is cataract cured?

Which conditions lead to cataract surgery?

How is cataract surgery performed?

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716.897

TOGOBENİNNIGERIAGHANAMALICHADUGANDATANZANIASIERRA LEONENIGERSUDANETHIOPEAMOZAMBIQUESOMALI

TOTAL

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344.029

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100.027

MOZAMBİK

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COUNTRY FIELDSCAN EXAMINATION SURGERY

IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, with the “Africa Cataract Project” put into practice in 2007, continues to fight with the disease of cataract which can lead to lose one’s vision for good if not cured. IHH aims to save 100.000 cataract patientsfrom darkness.

Cataract project is hope

Countries where cataract surgery is performed

TOGO

SIERRA LEONE

SOMALI

BENIN

SUDAN

ETHIOPEA

TANZANIA

CHAD

GHAN

A NIGERIA

NIGER

UGANDA

Whoever removes from aBeliever a hardship from the hardships of this life (the dun-ya), Allah (God) will remove from him a hardship from the hardships of the Day ofJudgmentHadeeth(Abu Dawud, Adab, 60)

By just donating$80, you can cover the surgical expenses of a

cataract patient and make him meet see again.

How can I support the Cataract Project?

• You can make financial aid by hand by coming to the IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation Headquarters.

• You can donate online by using our website ihh.org.tr/donate/cataract

• You can send donations by making a bank transfer or postal checking account.

Even though each cataract surgery costs $80, donations of a lesser amount to the project are gat-hered at the Cataract fund and surgeries are practiced with the total amount present there.

Donations made by you

You can have more information about the project by connecting us (0212) 631 21 21

You can donate medical equipment and devices which could be used in the project by contacting the Africa cataract project coordinators.

If you have medical expertise, you can participate as a volunteer in the project, join the surgeries and conduce to educate African doctors.

You can donate medical devices to the project

If you are an ophthalmologist or medical staff, you can participate in our project

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Surgery andHealth CentersIHH has opened the eyes of people with the cataract project which has started in 2007 in Sudan. Almost 35.000 people started to see again with the cataract surgeries which took place in various eye clinics throughout the country. The cataract project continues with the surgeries which take place in the Niger Eye Hospital, opened in 2014,and mobile eye camps in 14 countries of Africa.

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In Niger where health services remain incapable and 60% of it’s land is desert, the number of cata-ract patients is almost 130.000. In the year of 2014, an eye hospital was opened by the support of IHH in Niamey the capital city of Niger. Here there is one doctor per 600.000 patients.

In the context of the Niger cataract project which started in July 2014, with the cooperation of IHH, Niger Ministry of Health, Turkish Ministry of Health, TIKA and AID, aims to perform 35.000 cataract surgeries in five years in the Niger Eye Hospital and medical camps. Also in the context of the project, local doctors are educated to improve their medical talents by specialist doctors from Turkey.

Aim is 6.000 surgeries per year in the Niger Eye Hospital

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Cataract project continues with the surgeries in the mobile eye camps of Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, Chad, Uganda, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Niger, Sudan, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Somalia. Surgeries which IHH performs by taking support from the local partner organizations are done with local doctors.

Mobile eye camps in 14 countries

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“I saw you, I saw you”

Mehmet Yılmaz(Supporter of the Niger Eye Hospital-2014)

Five surgeries have been performed in the opening of the Niger Eye Hospital, we became the witnesses of people who met with light within approximately 15

minutes and were affected deeply. It is not possible to describe their happiness and pleasure. Especially, the reaction of a middle aged female has stuck in my mind.

The surgeon who performed the operation opened her eye patch and shook his hands in a way that she could see, patient had started exclaiming of “I can see you,

I can see you!” her excitement really had affected.

WE WERE THERE

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